Marc, I have seen and used a number of methods for creating armies. #1 You can use historical lists and size your regiments at the ratio of 30 actual men to 1...
There were some tables on randon generation of units, arms, weather conditions, etc. a few years ago in an old Zouave, dating back into the 1980s IIRC. When I...
Gentlemen, A fellow gamer and friend of mine is going on holiday in the USA soon (don’t know when actually). He intents to visits Gettysburg, Richmond, New...
Jesper, when visiting Gettysburg, I recommend the "Gettysburg Miniature Soldiers" shop. They are located at 200 Steinwehr Avenue, about 500 yards north of the...
Jesper, Why don't you join him on his excursion? The weather is starting to pick up a little. What do ya' think? Everyone needs a vacation! Tim [Non-text...
Gentlemen, A few weeks ago I took part in game recreating Pea Ridge, I played on the Union side and commanded a cavalry brigade (3 regiments) and 2 infantry ...
My offensive style with my most frequent opponent is to let him charge, which he loves to do, and decimate his forces, then go on the counter-offensive. If...
I never charge in brigade column. Has any JR player ever seen a brigade column charge that resulted in anything other than total defeat for the attacker? I...
Has it ever felt useless to reform a disordered unit in the middle of combat knowing that in one or two turns it'll be disordered once again? I know that...
marc, To me, the disorder penalty that hurts the most is the target DRM (+3). I agree, in certain situations I can see not doing it, however, at first ...
... doesn't it seem kinda a waste ... As a rule, "good order equals good, anything else equals not good". This being the school solution, the question becomes...
Larry, it might be someone imitating your ID or you may have caught a virus! Cheers, Burkhard ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
In a message dated 3/7/04 5:17:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hence reserves....disengage the mess, and move up a fresh unit to take its' place... [Non-text...
I tend to be a bit over agressive, I see a unit in disorder, I charge it. If I was on the other side of things with the disordred unit, it would be crazy to...
Group members, At Cold Wars this year I was going to run a game of the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on Friday morning. This Event is listed as F-078 iun the PEL....
Don, I am not sure if they carry them, but if you travel to Lancaster this weekend (Cold Wars), you can get all of the Sash & Saber stuff from Chris himself. ...
In a message dated 09/03/2004 19:18:38 GMT Standard Time, miros@... ... Yes, it changed from 1:20 to 1:30. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have...
Wow! The response to my side-by-side comparison project for ACW miniatures in 15mm has been great. Here is the list of manufacturers I know of, and those for...
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I have added photos of the JRIII game we played at are convention this weekend here in Alaska. We played the Forney's Fields Oak Ridge one out of Enduring...
Guys thanks to all the gang (saw many a familure face) who were at the JRIII ACW Smackdown. I think we had four or five experenced players and six or so new to...
If you are converting any of the JRII scenarios, such as George Anderson's books, To The Sound of the Guns or those included in the JRII box, don't forget that...
We're starting to lay out the next issue of CHARGE! newsletter. This will be a theme issue. Included will be the following scenarios... Peachtree Creek (George...
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